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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
6
The essay argues that high prices and cheap money reflect the same condition, aiding debtors including individuals and nations. It notes the United States ran up a large war debt, with prices remaining high since, except for some farm products, and urges rapid debt reduction before price levels fall.
A few days remain before Pella hosts the world’s greatest Fourth of July event with Legion plans, rain insurance, and parking arrangements. Citizens are urged to bring umbrellas but expect clear skies for the pageant and evening program. Local fruit crops show strawberries fair, cherries sparse, apples promising, and peaches damaged by a late April freeze.
The piece argues the Black Hills lie in the Rocky Mountain region, not the Midwest, noting the Midwest’s time zone boundary at the 90th meridian. It asserts newspaper writers misplace the president’s summer location, suggesting his daily 32 mile rides from his game lodge to Rapid City won’t include much corn firsthand knowledge.
The Chronicle reports the longest days of the year en cured last week as the force produced a twenty page three color issue. Subscriptions in Pella were on time though distant subscribers faced slight delays to serve advertisers. Compliments poured in for exceptional work. The town benefits from the plant and skilled workers.
The Marion County board last week let a contract to gravel Primary Highway 14 from Knoxville to Monroe marking their first road act. They also reported that Federal Highway No. 63 in the northeast county was ordered from the state highway office without county board action. The July 4 law will transfer full control of primary highways to state authorities, but the board’s move signals interest in better roads.
Advocates argue farming as a business risks crowding out older workers under managers in large operations. They favor individual plots under local control to prevent age-based employment obstacles and ensure access to land under current tenure laws.
A Marion County Chronicle editorial criticizes the Chicago Tribune as a partisan force with unsafe influence. It argues the paper and its roll in Illinois politics, including the gasoline tax fight, show bias and corruption, labeling the Tribune a stench when opposing prohibition yet backing troubling measures for political ends.
The source notes that among New York City's population of one million, about 4,500,000 are foreign born or children of foreign parents. It asserts that New York has more people within its borders who are not Americans than any city on earth, with one exception.
A doctor asks how the patient feels and notes improvement except for troubling breathing. The doctor suggests seeking a treatment to stop the breathing trouble.
The piece reflects on a letter claiming Iowa City as the toughest town, then rebuts the claim as a showcase of urban bravado. It contrasts local vanity with truth, noting the appeal of spectacles and the limits of judgment from outsiders. It then shifts to praise for the Grand Army of the Republic and its public role, comparing Civil War and World War leadership. It ends noting the Newton G A R encampment with 328 veterans parading.
Rev F N Byram and Mrs Byram returned Saturday from a trip to western and northwestern Iowa to visit their children. Byram reports a very enjoyable trip with good roads and weather. The corn, however, was late everywhere, later than in this vicinity. Small grain crops and potatoes were generally good.
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